TOPICS OF DISCUSSION FROM THE DOGTOWN E-MAIL LIST

An experiement in e-history, a modern cousin of oral history

On October 25, 1999 I sent the first note of the Dogtown e-mail list to
9 people, inviting and opening discussion. It has grown and now there are approaching
100 people (June 3, 2001). I have saved most of the messages posted to the dicussion
list and have since the beginning planned to eventually mount them as piece of
e-history, a written form of oral history made possible by internet technology. Enjoy,
please encourage others to participate, and don't hesitate to join our discussion group.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON THE MAILING LIST JUST SEND
ME A NOTE AND I'LL PUT YOU ON.

Dogtown in the 1920s and early 1930s.
Sister Thomas More Duggan, class of 1931 had been a list member for a while when she began a series of
four essays to give us younger folks a sense of Dogtown and St. James in the 1920s. She was soon
joined by her Elder, Kitty O'Shaughnessy Krall, class of 1926. The two of them carried on a marvelous
exchange for weeks, and this discussion is organized here by topic.

Basketball in the 1940s and other sportsThis excerpt from mailing list
posts features the 1948-49 girls basketball team, the 1947 Amvets boys' team, a bit on Dogtown corkball
and brief notes on The Silver Skates.